Chicago Gangsters

Playson's Chicago Gangsters online slot gives you a pretty good idea of what it's about just from the title. The setting is Chicago, Illinois, USA during the prohibition era, which saw alcohol banned on a federal level. As a result, an entire gangster culture emerged to facilitate the illegal transport and distribution of liquor.

Since the locations where this illegal booze was available often had gambling and an exciting atmosphere, it's the perfect theme for an action-packed online slot like this one, and that's exactly what you get with this title.

Game Layout

One of the things that Playson does very well is make it really easy to pick out the bet sizes that you want. They don't usually mess around with the system of picking numbers of paylines, numbers of coins per line and different coin sizes, which can be confusing and irritating to many players. Instead, they have a straightforward approach where you just pick how much you want to bet on each turn.

With there being five reels, three rows and 20 paylines in this game (that only pay from left to right), players have bet sizes starting down at the $0.20 level. This is easily within the budget of even penny players, which makes it a very inclusive title. Along with that are a variety of bet sizes worth up to $100, so high stakes players can enjoy this one as well.

Wild Chicago Symbols

The red symbol showing the skyline of Chicago with golden letters is the wild. It appears on all reels, and it offers a payout that's tied with the highest payline win that you can get. Five of a kind is worth 10x, and like all of the other payouts in this title, that's a multiple of the total bet size. If it was written as a line bet win, it would be 200x accordingly.

Four of a kind is worth a 2x win in this game, and you can pick up 0.75x for three of a kind also. This wild symbol substitutes for anything in the game except for the scattered bonus symbols, and you'll always be given the single best payout available on each individual payline.

Mystery Symbols Feature

The payout schedule for this game is pretty flat and is obviously based on a low-volatility style of play. One element of this is the mystery symbols feature. The way this works is that tan mystery symbols will cover a variety of locations on the 5x3 game grid. At the end of the spin, they will all turn to reveal the same randomly chosen symbol. This symbol cannot be the wild, but they can become scatters, which ties in really well with the main bonus feature and jackpots.

Chip Bonus Game

If you get at least six of the scattered chip symbols on the game board, then you'll trigger the bonus feature. During this feature, you'll get three re-spins with all bonus symbols holding in place as sticky. Each time you get at least one more bonus chip on the reels, the re-spins start over with three.

This continues until you run out of re-spins without getting more bonus chips or fill up the entire game board with chips. You have chances to win the mini, major and grand jackpots as well, which are worth 1,000x, 150x and 30x, respectively, during this feature. Once it's over, the values listed on the bonus symbols are all added up to give you a total payout based on a multiple of your total wager size.

Important Prizes

The man and woman symbols get you 10x and 7.5x, respectively, for five of either on a payline. Wins of 6.25x and 5x are yours for five of the car or dice. On top of that, payouts of 3.75x can be had if you are able to get five of the yellow A, red K, green Q or blue J symbols.

In Summary

Something really cool about games like Chicago Gangsters is that there's a historical backing that shows how things were really like. That allows companies like Playson to create a game that's visually very true to reality and that gives a feel that allows players a total immersion.

The bonus features in this game are pretty solid as well, and they avoid the typical free spins with multipliers kind of modes that are all too common. Between that and the set of jackpots, we like what this game has to offer.